Coming from a rural primary school, there isn't lot that I knew. In Vasavi School they just thought whatever they could.
When I wanted to come out of that school, I just made sure I clear my exams and finished till my 5th class.
The whole interest of joining Saradha Vidhyalaya popped into my mind, only because of my Sister. Those days, I wanted everything just like my Sister.
She joined there, so even I wanted to join, so I forced my father to put me in there… never thought that they will have entrance exams to take the students for 6th.
Like any other student/school, we applied for Saradha Vidhyalaya. Fees were really cool (100 – 200 Rs Per year)
That made us feel really happy, because we are a little big family, with all 4 kids studying at the same time, and the wages were also nominal.
Tragedy started, when I came to know that I have to clear the entrance exam. I didn't even have 1% confidence on me to clear the Entrance. Because lot of entrance stuff were in English.
Praying all the gods in the world, I started my entrance exam. (My first aptitude tests I should sayJ)
I was able to clear little bit of Tamil, mathematics… English had only one question… I have to write one leave letter to the school… may sound simple.. But I only know how much I feared that time.
I need to write the letter to clear the entrance… I had no clue on how to write the letter. But then, I had no choice… My sister is there, and I wanted to be there…
I took small rough paper, wrote the leave letter in Tamil and started converting each and every word of the Tamil version to English version. Definitely the letter had all possible grammatical mistakes, but to me, it still conveyed the message. This was the first creative thing I did..According to me.
Just like me, the other girl sitting next to me was also from a Tamil medium student, just starring at the paper without any clue. I guess she was Pushpa...the only girl boy-cut hair style during my school days.
Exam was conducted in the morning, so the results will be announced post lunch. I didn't even have lunch; I was curiously waiting for the results. Finally around 3pm, one of the teachers came and started calling out the names. Priya, Geetha, Kavitha…… so many names… and she called out my name too "Thillaikkarasi"…. What a moment that was. All I had in my mind was….Wow… I am there in the same school as my Sister…
Later that evening, when I told that I cleared the entrance exam, my mom could not believe that. There are no words to explain the happiness I had on that day.
After that, there were some mess ups in accepting me there because I am too young to join 6th. I was crossing 9 yrs old that time.. But my father managed to make them agree, and allow me to that school…
And my spiritual journey in Sri Saradha Vidhyalaya Started…………..
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